Residents’ Perception of Cultural Activities as Quality of Life in Istanbul

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 211-234

  Terzi, Fatih ^a   Türkoğlu, Handan Dülger ^a   Bölen, Fulin ^a   Baran, Perver Korca ^b   Salihoğlu, Tayfun ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cultural activities; Istanbul; Quality of life; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939873047     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0688-5     Document Type: Article

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